Erigeron major, (Boiss.) Vierh.

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13. E. major (Boiss.) Vierh. , Beih. Bot. Centr. 19 (2): 489 (1906).

Pubescent perennial up to 15(-3O) cm. Basal leaves narrowly spathulate. Flowering stems and involucral bracts with dense, short glandular and long eglandular hairs. Flowering stems ascending, slender. Capitula 1-4. Florets dimorphic. Ligules violet. Mountain grassland and rocks. • S. Spain (Sierra Nevada). Hs. Small, densely hairy, eglandular plants, apparently occurring over the same altitudinal range, and with solitary capitula up to 10 mm wide, have been called E. alpinus var. 'nevadensis'. Intermediates are common and the question whether there is one single polymorphic taxon ( E. major ) or two cannot at present be answered.